Yes, it’s possible, but you need to test it, see how well it performs, and check if you’re comfortable with that stock market system. Different stock markets have different personalities and move differently. The reason they do that is that there are different types of companies.

There are different companies, market participants, exchange rules, cultures in other countries, etc. That is why a strategy that works well in one market may or may not work in a different stock market. The key is always to test first. If, for example, you’ve got a trend following strategy for Australia and you’ll trade in European exchange, you need to get the data, download it, and then backtest the strategy in Europe. Next, you’ll have to fine-tune that strategy to work in that market. Then, if it works and is sufficiently profitable, you can trade it. However, taking one strategy and blindly applying it across many different stock markets won’t work.

The Freight Train system is a solid trend following system that grinds out profits from big long trends. That system works in Australia, the US, Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, London, and a few European stock markets, but the settings for each one is a little bit different. So make sure that you test it first, take those rules, fine-tune it, and optimize for your market. Otherwise, you’ll be leaving a lot of money on the table.

Some markets have longer trends than others. Also, some markets move a little bit more explosively than others, so backtest your system and see if it works in that stock market. If it does, trade it. If it doesn’t, find another system.

When you’re trading stocks, whatever you do in the financial markets, please don’t do it blindly. Do it with data. Do it with backtested results to support the decision.

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Adrian Reid Founder and CEO
Adrian is a full-time private trader based in Australia and also the Founder and Trading Coach at Enlightened Stock Trading, which focuses on educating and supporting traders on their journey to profitable systems trading. Following his successful adoption of systematic trading which generated him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year using just 30 minutes a day to manage his system trading workflow, Adrian made the easy decision to leave his professional work in the corporate world in 2012. Adrian trades long/short across US, Australian and international stock markets and the cryptocurrency markets. His trading systems are now fully automated and have consistently outperformed international share markets with dramatically reduced risk over the past 20+ years. Adrian focuses on building portfolios of profitable, stable and robust long term trading systems to beat market returns with high risk adjusted returns. Adrian teaches traders from all over the world how to get profitable, confident and consistent by trading systematically and backtesting their own trading systems. He helps profitable traders grow and smooth returns by implementing a portfolio of trading systems to make money from different markets and market conditions.